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Chapter 8 - Political Geography
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State
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Politically organized territory by a sovereign gov. and recognized by international community.
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Territoriality
Definition
Political geography, sens of property and attachment toward the territory.
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Sovereignty
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Principle of international relations holds that final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest w/ rulers.
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Territorial Integrity
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The right of a state to defend sovereign territory against incursion from other states.
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Peace of Westphalia
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Peace in 1648 to end the 30 yrs. war. Treat contained new lang. recognized satehood, clearly defined borders, succurity.
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Mercantilism
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Buying raw material from colony, sell product back to make profit.
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Nation
Definition
Tightly knit group on people bonded by language, ethnicity, religion, etc.
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Nation-State
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Nation and state co-exist
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Democracy
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Government that gives people ultimate sovereignty
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Multinational State
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State with more than one nation within it's borders.
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Stateless Nation
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Nation without a state. I.E. Palestinians.
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Colonialism
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Ruling over domains for economic exploitations.
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Immanuel Wallerstein
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Proponents of world systems theory view the world as much more than a sum total of the world's states.
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Capitalism
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In the world economy, people, corporations & states produce goods and exchange them on the world market to gain profit.
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Commodification
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Placing a price on a good, buying and selling that good.
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Three-Tiered Structure
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Core, Periphery, and Semi-Periphery. Immanuel Wallerstein. Dif. levels of intelligence, $$$, and tech.
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Core
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US, Europe, Canada, Australia. I.E. People who program iPod settings, etc.
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Periphery
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Africa. I.E. gathering the raw materials needed to make the product.
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Semi-Periphery
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Russia, China, India. I.E. people who put the product together in a factory.
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Centripetal
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Force within a state that unifies.
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Centrifugal
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Force that divides a state.
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Unitary
Definition
Highly centralized, capital city focus of power.
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Federal
Definition
A way to govern a multinational state.
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Devolution
Definition
Power going from central -- regional gov. in states.
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Territorial Rep.
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Each rep. is elected from a region.
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Reapportionment
Definition
Districts are moved people of pop. shifts.
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Majority-Minority Districts
Definition
Packed districts where the majority comes from the minority.
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Gerrymandering
Definition
Redistricting for an advantage during elections.
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Boudary
Definition
Place that cuts through rocks, and soil through the ground raises up to the sky.
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Geometric Boundaries
Definition
Grids used to map out boundaries.
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Physical-Political Boundaries
Definition
Boundaries that follow an agreed upon feature in physical geographic landscape.
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